Required parking spaces, as set forth below, shall provide not less than 200 square feet of total parking lot area per space and shall be located entirely off street rights-of-way. Each individual parking space shall be a minimum of eight feet and six inches in width between the lines delineated for each space. Required spaces shall have an all-weather surface, an unobstructed maneuvering space, and access lanes of adequate width leading to a street or alley. Overflow or reserve parking areas in excess of the minimum spaces required herein may be constructed of permeable surface materials, including gravel, crushed stone, or other porous pavement materials designed to serve the anticipated intensity or frequency of overflow parking and to prevent excessive soil erosion. Except for one and two-family dwellings with access from local or minor collector streets only, maneuvering and turning areas shall be provided so that no vehicles will be required to back into a street. The following identifies the minimum number of automobile parking spaces for specified uses. Where a particular use is not specifically mentioned, the requirements of a similar or related use shall apply. Where more than one use will be conducted on a specific site, the site shall satisfy the combined requirements of all specified uses. Required parking spaces shall include spaces designated for people with disabilities, the number and design of which shall be in accordance with the standards set forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A.

Automobile service/garage/quick oil - Three parking spaces for each grease rack, vehicle lift, or similar facility, plus one for each attendant.

B.

Dwellings - Two parking spaces per dwelling unit on detached or attached homes. Residential structures containing three or more dwelling units shall have one and one quarter parking spaces per bedroom. A garage or carport may count toward the required parking space.

C.

Hospitals, sanitariums or nursing homes - One space for each four beds intended for patients, plus one space for each staff member employed during the peak work shift.

D.

Manufactured home parks - Two parking spaces located on each manufactured home site, plus one-half parking space per site to be located to serve the parking needs of visitors to the park and of occupants who have more than two automobiles. However, for each manufactured home space that fronts along a private road that does not provide through-traffic service, the minimum space required for each off-street parking space on the lot shall be reduced to 102 square feet, and the requirement to provide off-street space for vehicle turn-around without backing into the street shall be waived.

E.

Motels and hotels - One and a quarter parking space for each room leased for guest accommodation, plus one additional space per full-time equivalent employee during the peak work shift.

F.

Offices, or professional or public buildings - One parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area or four parking spaces for each separate office or work cubicle, whichever is greater. Travel lanes for drive-through services are not be included in the minimum area required for parking lot.

G.

Places of worship, theatres, auditoriums, stadiums or other places of public assembly - One parking space for every four seats in the principal assembly room or area.

H.

Private club or lodge - One space for every ten members.

I.

Restaurant or other eating place - One parking space for every two seats. Travel lanes for drive-through services shall not be included in the minimum area required for the parking lot.

J.

Retail or services - One parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area devoted to trade or service activity including administrative areas but not including inventory storage area.

K.

Rooming houses, boarding houses, and bed and breakfast inns - One parking space for each rental room, plus one spaces for each resident manager unit.

L.

Schools - One parking space for each administrative employee working at the school. Two parking spaces for each classroom serving students below grade ten. One parking space for every five students of classroom seating capacity for each classroom serving students in grade ten or higher.

M.

Shopping centers - Four parking spaces for each 1,000 square feet of area devoted to trade or service activity.

N.

Warehousing, manufacturing, and industrial establishments - Three parking spaces for every two employees working during the peak work shift.

O.

Wholesale establishments - One parking space for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.

P.

Recreational vehicle parks - An area suitable for the parking of two vehicles on each site.

The enforcement officer may approve up to ten percent deviation of the required parking areas when such approval is indicated due to special conditions. The zoning and planning commission may approve up to a deviation of 25 percent of the required parking area due to special conditions. The percent of deviations may not be combined.

§6.01.01

Plans and specifications required for off-street parking spaces. Plans and specifications showing required off-street parking spaces or other parking areas, including the means of access and interior circulation, shall be submitted to the enforcing officer for review at the time of application for a zoning permit.

A.

Parking areas shall be in such a manner to facilitate access to the principal use of the improvements on the site.

B.

Parking spaces designated for use by people with disabilities shall be located in close proximity to the main entrance of the building with which they are associated, in accordance with the standards set forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

No trucks larger than three quarter ton pick-up trucks shall be permitted to park in any residential district, except that a truck or commercial vehicle not greater than one and one quarter tons may be parked in an accessory structure within a residential district.

Nothing in this appendix shall be construed to prevent the joint use of an off-street parking area or facility by two or more buildings or uses if the total of such spaces, when used together, shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses or buildings computed separately.

§6.04.01

Landscaping. All paved surface parking lots containing more than 100 parking spaces shall incorporate, within the paved area, landscaped islands constituting not less than ten percent of the total paved portions of the parking lot. The area of any required islands shall not be counted as part of the required minimum parking area for the off-street parking lot. Landscaped islands shall be distributed broadly throughout the parking lot and designed to provide sufficient unpaved area to support healthy plant growth and root structures. Each landscaped island shall also be designed to accommodate at least one shade tree, which shall be not less than eight feet tall at planting. Shrubs, flowers, and other ornamental plants or ground cover shall be incorporated into the landscaping on each island. Special consideration shall be given the location of trees and tall shrubs with respect to above ground power lines, light poles, and other possible obstructions, to prevent the need for excessive pruning as the trees and shrubs grow and mature. See also Section 3.13.

§6.05.01

Plans and specifications required for off-street loading and unloading spaces. Plans and specifications showing required loading and unloading spaces, including the means of ingress and egress and interior circulation, shall be submitted to the enforcing officer for review at the time of application for a zoning permit.

A.

All commercial and industrial structures hereafter erected or created are required to provide and maintain adequate off-street space for loading and unloading of materials, goods, or things and for delivery and shipping. Such off-street space shall be designed so that service and delivery vehicles may use this space without encroaching on or interfering with public use of streets and alleys by pedestrians and other vehicles. All such structures are also required to have sufficient off-street parking space for all vehicles utilized by such establishment.

B.

Where any commercial or industrial structure is enlarged, or any such use is expanded, the full amount of off-street loading space shall be provided and maintained for the structure or use in its enlarged size.

C.

Where the use of a structure or land, or any part thereof, is changed to a use requiring off-street loading space under this article, the full amount of off-street loading space shall be provided and maintained to comply with this section.

D.

Off-street loading space shall be an area a minimum of 12 feet wide by 45 feet long with 14;frax1;2; half feet of vertical clearance. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following schedule:

1.

For each retail store, storage warehouse, wholesale establishment, industrial plant, freight terminal, market, restaurant, funeral home, laundry, dry cleaning plant, or similar use which has an aggregate floor space of:

a.

Less than 6,000 square feet - One designated off-street loading area in the parking area required;

b.

Six thousand square feet to less than 20,000 square feet - One space of off-street loading is required outside the parking area;

c.

Twenty thousand square feet to less than 60,000 square feet - Two spaces of off-street loading is required;

d.

For each additional 50,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, over 60,000 square feet - One additional off-street loading space is required.

2.

For each auditorium, convention hall, hotel, office building, stadium, sanitarium, or similar use which has an aggregate gross floor area of:

a.

Less than 10,000 square feet - One designated off-street loading area required in the parking area;

b.

ten thousand square feet to less than 40,000 square feet - One space of off-street parking is required;

c.

For each additional 50,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, over 40,000 square feet - One additional off-street loading space is required.

3.

For any use not specifically mentioned herein, the off-street loading requirements specified above for the most similar use shall apply.

E.

No area or facility supplied to meet the required off-street parking facilities shall be utilized for or deemed to meet the requirements of this article for off-street loading facilities.

F.

Nothing in this article shall prevent the collective, joint, or combined provision of off-street loading facilities for two or more buildings or uses, provided that such off-street loading facilities are equal in size and capacity to the combined requirements of the several buildings or uses and are so located and arranged as to be usable thereby.

G.

Plans for buildings or uses requiring off-street loading facilities under the provisions of this article shall clearly indicate the location, dimensions, clearance, and access of all such required off-street loading facilities.

The enforcing officer shall require, at the specific request of the police chief or fire chief separate additional emergency vehicle access lanes, if deemed necessary to provide for adequate emergency vehicle access to the principal structures on the property. Where required, emergency vehicle access lanes shall be located as close as possible to the main entrance of the principal structures of the property, shall be a minimum of 14 feet in width, and shall be visibly designated for exclusive emergency use, either by painting, appropriate signage, or both.

Required off-street parking and loading spaces associated with newly erected or altered buildings or newly established uses of land shall be a continuing obligation of the owner of said building or land so long as the structure or use exists or its use requiring such parking or loading facilities continues. Apart from the discontinuance, sale, or transfer of the building or use, it shall be unlawful for said owner to discontinue, change, dispense with, or cause the discontinuance or change of the required vehicle parking or loading space without establishing alternative vehicle parking or loading space which meets the requirements of and is in compliance with this appendix; or for any person to use a building or lot without providing vehicle parking or loading spaces which meet the requirements of and are in compliance with this appendix.